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repress
English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprim? (“I repress”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
Synonyms
- (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
- (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back
Related terms
- repression
- repressive
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? press
Verb
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- To press again.
- to repress a vinyl record
Noun
repress (plural represses)
- A record pressed again; a repressing.
Anagrams
- Presser, presser
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overthrow
English
Pronunciation
- Verb senses:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v??????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v????o?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Noun senses:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v?????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v????o?/
- Hyphenation: over?throw
Etymology 1
From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- +? throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).
For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.
Verb
overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)
- (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
- (transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
Derived terms
- overthrowable
- overthrowal
- overthrower
Translations
Noun
overthrow (plural overthrows)
- A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
- (archaic, rare) An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning.
Hypernyms
- downfall
Coordinate terms
- collapse
Translations
Etymology 2
over- +? throw.
Verb
overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)
- (transitive, intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
Translations
Noun
overthrow (plural overthrows)
- (sports) A throw that goes too far.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
Translations
References
Further reading
- overthrow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- throw over
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